This Month’s Focus: Capsule Filling
Troubleshooting capsule filling operations
This article describes common problems encountered during capsule filling and provides troubleshooting tips for solving them.
Capsule filling for research and development or small-scale production
This article discusses important factors to consider when selecting a capsule filler for research and development (R&D) or small-scale production.
Tips for a successful encapsulation process
This article discusses the primary factors that influence capsule filler performance and provides tips for optimizing your encapsulation process.
Back Page: Benefits of capsules over tablets for optimizing product performance and improving patient compliance
While tablets and capsules are both safe and viable dosage forms, capsules compare favorably to tablets in a number of ways, including: cost savings and ease of manufacturing, control of highly potent APIs, ease of swallowing, attractiveness, and ease of use in combination products.
General Features
Using direct torque measurement to achieve precise endpoint determination in high-shear mixer granulation
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different methods for determining the endpoint in a high-shear mixer granulation process and highlights the high-precision direct torque measurement technique.
Spotlight on Nutraceuticals: Looking back and moving forward in the nutraceutical industry
In this article, industry leaders discuss the important challenges their companies faced in 2020 and what to expect in the dietary supplement industry in 2021.
Application of NIR spectroscopy for tablet manufacturing control
This article describes a case study evaluating the potential for using NIR spectroscopy to identify blend variations in a tableting process and the impact of sensor location on data acquisition.
Eye on Excipients: Using multivariate analysis to de-risk the use of excipients
This edition of Eye on Excipients discusses how multivariate analysis can be used to de-risk the use of excipients. The article describes a study that uses principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate the use of anhydrous lactose manufactured from a second production line. The study compares batches representing the historical variation for both production lines. The resulting data set can be useful for pharmaceutical companies as part of their control strategy when qualifying anhydrous lactose from the second production line.
March/April Content
Lipid microencapsulation of APIs
Ensuring stability in drug product manufacturing
How packaging can impact drug product success
Issue Focuses
Jan/Feb: Capsule Filling
March/April: Outsourcing & Packaging
May/June: Coating & Continuous Manufacturing
June: Solid Dosage Sourcebook
July/August: Excipients & Formulation
September: Tableting
October: Quality, Validation & Regulatory Compliance
November: Annual Buyer’s Guide
Tablets & Capsules Technical Article Guidelines
Tablets & Capsules is the world’s only publication dedicated to solid dosage forms. Our readers are the people responsible for the formulation, production, and packaging of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tablets and capsules in North America. Each issue reaches about 10,000 readers whose job functions include R&D, QC, engineering, and operations. All are technical decision-makers who need practical information.T&C’s technical articles are written by technical professionals for technical professionals. But they are a collaborative effort: You provide the content and expertise, and T&C’s editors tailor your article to T&C’s audience.
For sample topics and details on how to submit an article and share your expertise, download the full technical article guidelines below or contact the editor.
2. Dedusters
2. Multi-layer Tableting
2. Particle Size: Reduction, Separation, & Analysis
2. Mixers & Blenders
2. Powder Transfer & Containment
2. Tablet & Capsule Identification